Plumbers & Steamfitters, Local Union 52 v. Alabama Department of Environmental Management

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

The General Electric Company (GE) operates a plastics manufacturing plant in Burkville, Alabama. In 1988 GE applied to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) for a permit to construct and operate two new boilers at the Burkville plant. A public hearing was held, with ADEM receiving comments from the public, which included the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union 52 (Union). Upon issuance of the permit, the Union appealed ADEM’s decision to the Alabama Environmental Management Commission (AEMC). GE moved to intervene in the proceeding.

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